Aug 4 (Reuters) - Dutch bank Rabobank said it would invest €2 billion ($2.30 ‌billion) over the next three years ‌in data, tech and AI, as banks ​around the world step up their AI investments. • "Artificial intelligence, data and other new technologies will further transform the way ‌we work. • Rabobank's AI investment follows similar moves ‌by other banks, such ​as British bank ​Lloyds which ​last month announced AI-driven cost-cutting ‌plans. • Rabobank said it ​made a ​first-half net profit of 2.69 billion euros ($3.10 billion) - the same amount ​as in ‌the same period a year ​earlier. ($1 = 0.8692 euros)(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta;Editing ​by Inti Landauro)